How can I create a local [b]bitmap[/b] index on a [b]list-partitionintable?

Question

Hello there,
Could anyone show me a sample code of How to create a local bitmap index on a list-partitioning table?
I tried some code such as
1):
CREATE BITMAP INDEX bix_CID
ON Sales(Customer_ID)
TABLESPACE INDX
STORAGE (INITIAL 32K NEXT 32K PCTINCREASE 0)
LOCAL NOLOGGING;
I can create the index with this statement, but when the status of the index is 'N/A' (means 'INVALID').
2):
CREATE BITMAP INDEX bix_ver ON Versions
(VERNUM) TABLESPACE INDX
LOCAL
(PARTITION par1
,PARTITION par2
,PARTITION par3
,PARTITION par4
,PARTITION par5
,PARTITION par6
,PARTITION par7
THen I get ORA-600 error.
Thanks a lot!
wendy

Answer 1

You are creating the index properly. When you create a local index, it creates same number of partitions as the partitions in the table which are tightly coupled to table partitions.
I guess you are checking the status of index in dba_indexes or user_indexes table. The status here could be misleading since this table gives status of non-partitioned indexes.
For partitioned indexes you should check for status in dba_ind_partitions or user_ind_partitions which gives status of each partition in index.
Chanda